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רוּחַ
rûwach · Hebrew · Strong's H7308 · 11 occurrences
The KJV renders 15 different Hebrew and Greek words as “mind”
What it means
{wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)}
(Aramaic) corresponding to H7307 (רוּחַ)
How the KJV renders it
mind, spirit, wind
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“mind”
also renders
nóēma (G3540), gnṓmē (G1106), énnoia (G1771), psychḗ (G5590), méllō (G3195), noûs (G3563), diánoia (G1271), pneûma (G4151), zimmâh (H2154), yêtser (H3336), lêb (H3820), lêbâb (H3824), nephesh (H5315), rûwach (H7307)“wind”
also renders déō (G1210), ánemos (G417), pnoḗ (G4157), tsâphôwn (H6828), qâdîym (H6921), têymân (H8486)
Where it appears
11 occurrences in the Hebrew text.
Daniel 2:35 · ANcfsd/Td
Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were broken in pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors. The wind carried them away, so that no place was found for them. The stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.
Daniel 4:8 · ANcfsc
But at last, Daniel came in before me, whose name was Belteshazzar according to the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods. I told the dream before him, saying,
Daniel 4:9 · ANcfsc
“Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you and no secret troubles you, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and its interpretation.
Daniel 4:18 · ANcfsc
“This dream I, King Nebuchadnezzar, have seen; and you, Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation, because all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known to me the interpretation; but you are able, for the spirit of the holy gods is in you.”
Daniel 5:11 · ANcfsc
There is a man in your kingdom in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of your father, light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, were found in him. The king, Nebuchadnezzar, your father—yes, the king, your father—made him master of the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans, and soothsayers,
Daniel 5:12 · ANcfsa
because an excellent spirit, knowledge, understanding, interpreting of dreams, showing of dark sentences, and dissolving of doubts were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will show the interpretation.”
Daniel 5:14 ANcfscDaniel 5:20 AC/Ncfsc/Sp3msDaniel 6:3 ANcfsaDaniel 7:2 ANcfpcDaniel 7:15 ANcfsc/Sp1cs
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.